Des Moines, located where the Raccoon River and Des Moines River meet, officially got it's name on this date in 1857.

No. 19 Iowa State — which won the Pop-Tarts Bowl Saturday with a thrilling 42-41 come-from-behind win vs. No. 16 Miami — dug into a giant Pop-Tart in a postgame ceremony. The bowl game mascot ...

Iowa State QB and Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP Rocco Becht chooses Cinnamon Roll to get toasted. REQUIRED READING: Is the Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot edible? Explaining mascot, flavors for college football bowl ...

It's not every college football bowl game that features ritualistic sacrifice of a bowl game mascot after completion of the game. But then, not every team gets to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. REQUIRED ...

No. 19 Iowa State — which won the Pop-Tarts Bowl Saturday with a thrilling 42-41 come-from-behind win vs. No. 16 Miami — dug into a giant Pop-Tart in a postgame ceremony. The bowl game mascot entered ...

The task of picking which mascot would meet their glorious end fell to Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht, who had a terrific game. He spent the first half trading touchdown drives with Miami ...

Iowa State game was but the undercard to the main event. The biggest question throughout the Pop-Tarts Bowl — apart from whether Cam Ward was playing or if he was injured — was which Pop-Tarts mascot ...

CARL’S AUTO GROUP. IOWA STATE NEEDED TO REBOUND AFTER THAT UGLY LOSS TO WEST VIRGINIA. JEFF DUBROF NOW JOINS US FROM HILTON COLISEUM. JEFF, HOW DID THE CYCLONES RESPOND TONIGHT? WAS IT PRETTIER?

MORGANTOWN, W.V. – For as far as Iowa State men's basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has brought the Cyclones during his brief tenure leading the program, there's one thing even he hasn't figured ...